Vaping: The Pursuit To End Smoking

Vaping: The Pursuit to End Smoking Smoking has caused the death of thousands worldwide. Smoking is killing people and many smokers wish there was an alternative to smoking. Luckily, there is a safe alternative to smoking and it saves lives. This alternative is called Vaping. Vaping is basically flavored water vapor the user can get with nicotine or no nicotine. Vaping saves lives and helps the user refuse the craving for a cigarette. Smoking has caused cancer, bad teeth, tars the lungs, and kills brain cells. Vaping on the other hand, allows the smoker to inhale nicotine without the dangerous toxins in cigarettes. Vaping should brought to the public eye, so people can quit smoking and start vaping. Ever since studies have been done on cigarettes,

In an article called Why Vape they say how cigarettes have so many ingredients. “Cigarettes have about 3,996 chemicals and have around 599 additives.” (Why Vape) And no telling how many ingredients that are in it they can hurt a person. Vaping, or in the e- liquid bottle, has only 5 ingredients. E-liquid usually has around four to five main ingredients called, “Propylene Glycol (PG), Vegetable Glycerin (VG), Polyethylene glycol (PEG), nicotine, and food flavoring.”(Why Vape) Propylene glycol is one of the main ingredients found in vapes. It is also found in cosmetics, breathing treatments, which were discovered in the 1950’s. Vegetable Glycerin is also one of the main ingredients found in vapes and e-cigarettes. The purpose for vegetable glycerin is to create a less harsh hit, which means more propylene glycol gives a consumer more of a harsh hit, Vegetable Glycerin is also a healthier option than the other ingredients. If this does not show how vaping is a much safer and a healthier alternative than smoking than the consumer just need to quit smoking all

There are some side effects with vaping. When people start vaping, they say there is a buildup of moisture in there throat and lungs, but this is due to the former smoker coughing up the tar from cigarettes. Also, prolonged vaping can also cause mucus buildup, but a simple piece of nose tissue can help with this issue. In the video done by ASAP Science they have an ingredients called diacetyl. Diacetyl, once inhaled, can cause scarring to the lungs, and this condition is called popcorn lungs. It is called popcorn lungs because it is found in butter and people who work in popcorn factories inhale butter vapor and they get this condition. Ask the Vape Store if they have this ingredient in their e-liquid so the consumer will not get this condition. There is also for some people who are allergic to the main ingredient called propylene glycol. Which this condition is rare, some people cannot vape because that reason, but the consumer can buy 100% Vegetable glycerin to vape so they will never have to have another allergic reaction. Other than these problems with vaping there are not any proven research saying vaping cause long term conditions like